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RONALD RAY BAKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 8, 1944 – June 5, 1969
Service recordRonald Ray Baker, of Concord, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 69
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 116 AVA CO 269 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Concord, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1969; eight of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 69
- FREDERICK ALFRED VERRYSpecialist Four · June 4, 1969
- WILLIAM MARTIN WELLMAN JRCorporal · June 4, 1969
- JOSEPH VINCENT ZAPPINI JRWarrant Officer 1 · June 4, 1969
- WILLIAM HERSCHEL AYERSSpecialist Four · June 5, 1969
From Concord
- EMIL ROGER ZISSSergeant · September 30, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH CALLANANCaptain · January 7, 1966
- FRANK LEE GONDERMANSpecialist Four · June 27, 1966
- WILLIAM H SCHEIDTSpecialist Four · June 28, 1966
- MICHAEL EUGENE MCCULLOUGHPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- JOSEPH THOMAS MELENDRESSpecialist Four · March 18, 1967
- ORVILLE BILL FRITSSergeant First Class · May 20, 1967
- DAVID NORTON PARKSPrivate First Class · June 24, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD FLICKINGERLance Corporal · October 11, 1967
- JOSEPH V SHERLOCK IIISpecialist Four · November 22, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.